Popular Hits of the Showa Era by Ryu Murakami
A darkly satirical tale of the generation and gender gaps in Japanese society.
Murakami is mercilessly funny as he tracks his characters' evolution from twits to scholars of guerrilla warfare New Yorker One of the funniest and strangest gang wars in recent literature Booklist
Born in 1952 in Nagasaki prefecture, Ryu Murakami is the enfant terrible of contemporary Japanese literature. Awarded the prestigious Akutagawa Prize in 1976 for his first book, a novel about a group of young people drowned in sex and drugs, he has gone on to explore with cinematic intensity the themes of violence and technology in contemporary Japanese society. His novels include Coin Locker Babies, Sixty-Nine, Popular Hits of the Showa Era, Audition, In the Miso Soup and From the Fatherland, with Love. Murakami is also a screenwriter and a director; his films include Tokyo Decadence, Audition and Because of You.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781908968449 |
| ISBN 10 | 1908968443 |
| Title | Popular Hits of the Showa Era |
| Author | Ryu Murakami |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pushkin Press |
| Year published | 2013-05-09 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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